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Hickory Public Library, under various names and
at various locations, has provided services to residents of the Catawba Valley
for more than a century. Over the years, the library has been the recipient of
generous donations from businesses and individuals in the Catawba Valley. The
endowment was created to secure and augment such donations and the operations
and programming of the library system for present and future patrons.
The Hickory Public Library and the City of
Hickory created the endowment in 1999 with the Catawba Valley Community
Foundation, an affiliate of the North Carolina Community Foundation. The
umbrella endowment was opened with initial donations of $708,100.13 and in 2000
the library received its first payment from interest accrued.
The endowment is composed of five funds. They
include:
- Humanities Programming Fund
Provides adult humanities programming support
- Ridgeview Branch Humanities Programming Fund
Provides adult humanities programming support for the Ridgeview Branch
- Ralph W. Hutton Family Children's
Resources Fund
Provides funds for the purchase of resources for the Children's Room at
the Patrick Beaver Memorial Library
- Patrick Beaver General Operations Fund
Provides funds to support general operations of the library
- Hickory Public Library
Collections/Electronic Resources Fund
Provides funds to strengthen and improve adult resources collections
These existing funds are open to receive donor
contributions at any time. The Hickory Public Library also offers the
opportunity to establish future component funds.
Current and original donors to the endowment
include:
Bank of America
The Beaver Family Foundation
Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company
Ralph W. Hutton Family
George Lyerly Estate
Thomasville Furniture Industries
The Underdown Foundation
Hickory Woman's Club
For information about the Hickory Public
Library Endowment and contribution opportunities, please contact:
Library Director
828-304-0500 ext. 224
or
Julie Sutton, Catawba Valley Community
Foundation
828-328-1237
When making a contribution, please make checks
payable to: NCCF / "fund name"
Example: NCCF/Ridgeview Branch Humanities
Programming Fund
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